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Some Thoughts on Hiring Technical Co-Founders

I reblogged an awesome post last week about how non-technical founders need to step thinking about “finding” a technical co-founder and “earning” a technical co-founder. I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and talking to Jason Jacobs at RunKeeper this afternoon, I […]

Rob Go
July 11, 2011 · 2  min.
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I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.

I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.Warren Buffet (via siminoff)

Rob Go
July 8, 2011 · < 1  min.
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Is This VC a Good Girlfriend or a Good Wife?

I’ve been using this slightly chauvinistic metaphor a fair bit recently, so please forgive me 🙂 It’s always interesting to me to watch how entrepreneurs evaluate VC investors.  If you are in the luxurious position to be able to choose […]

Rob Go
July 8, 2011 · 3  min.
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Please, please, please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder. – humbledMBA

Please, please, please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder. – humbledMBA this is an awesome post all MBA entrepreneurs should read. 

Rob Go
June 30, 2011 · < 1  min.
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Intellectual Honesty vs. Revisionist History

I never had a great appreciation for the temptation to revise history until I became a VC. We all do it. VC’s say “I knew that was a bad investment” when one of their partners’ companies is struggling.  Or we […]

Rob Go
June 24, 2011 · 2  min.
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The Humility Imperative: CEOs, Keep Your Arrogance in Check

The Humility Imperative: CEOs, Keep Your Arrogance in Check Wow, what an amazingly insightful and honest post from my friend Dave Balter. 

Rob Go
June 23, 2011 · < 1  min.
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Brian K Balfour: The One “Process” Every Startup Should Have

Brian K Balfour: The One “Process” Every Startup Should Have Great advice from Brian Balfour – one of the co-founders of Boundless Learning. brianbalfour: Most young entrepreneurs (including myself) have an allergic reaction to anything with the word “process” in […]

Rob Go
June 22, 2011 · < 1  min.
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The Evolution of Angels into VC’s

We’ve been witnessing an institutionalizing of angel investing in recent years.  For the most part, it’s good. There continues to be a gap in the market for stage appropriate seed investors, especially in the East Coast.  But it’s interesting to […]

Rob Go
June 21, 2011 · 3  min.
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Two days ago, I gave a talk at Angel Bootcamp titled “Unicorns and Tom Brady – Picking Winning Founders”.  The purpose of the talk was to illuminate some data around founders, and what characterizes successful ones. It was meant to be directional, and help folks who don’t have the benefit of being a professional investor and getting a “gut” for great founders through pattern recognition.  A couple points and takeaways: 1. I took a chunk of data from Silicon Alley Insider’s Digital Media Top 100.  It was as good a dataset as any for promising companies.  But obviously isn’t exhaustive and definitely skews towards my areas of focus, which are digital media and internet enabled businesses.  2. My partner Lee has blogged at length about our love for Tom Brady entrepreneurs. Read more about it on his blog. 3. My partner Dave has blogged about authentic entrepreneurs, which is very important to us. As I said in my talk – a 40-year old enterprise sales executive would never conceive of AirBnB and make it work.  4. See my interview with Matt Lauzon to hear some crazy stories about a young, first time entrepreneur who is creative and hustles.  5. Here’s a link to the academic paper and the book around evaluating human capital that I referenced.  They are excellent reads.  6. If you are in Boston and want to get more involved in the startup community – check out my Hitchiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community.  Thanks! 

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Rob Go
June 15, 2011 · < 1  min.
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aaronwhite: thegongshow: I *love* all the data exhaust coming out of Stack Exchange.   Here’s a simple chart demonstrating the correlation between the quality of a developer and age.  Older hackers rule. This is pretty cool stuff. Although, I’m sure there’s a […]

Rob Go
June 14, 2011 · < 1  min.